Packers’ Aaron Rodgers has another reason to dislike on-field microphones

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers has long bemoaned the NFL’s extensive use of on-field microphones — both for natural in-game sound and behind-the-scenes clips for NFL Films and the like — but the Green Bay Packers quarterback always viewed it as an intrusion and an inconvenience, not a safety risk.

But in the aftermath of wide receiver Randall Cobb suffering a punctured lung during the team’s NFC playoff loss to Arizona in January, Rodgers also would like to see the NFL curtail its use of on-player hidden microphones because of the dangers they can pose.

Cobb first brought up the possibility that his injury was caused by the microphone pack during a tour of Radio Row at the Super Bowl, although he did say that there was “no way I can prove that” it was the cause.

Rodgers reiterated that theory during an interview with …

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